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| They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, We Will Remember Them. |
Private Sean Benton |
Pte Cheryl James |
Pte Geoff Gray |
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June 1995 - Private Sean Benton, from Hastings, East
Sussex, was found dead at the Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut,
with five bullet wounds to his chest. Despite ballistics tests suggesting
that only one bullet was fired from close range and the others from
a distance, the Army said he had committed suicide. |
November 1995 - Pte Cheryl James, 18, of Llangollen, Gwent, was found dead with a single bullet wound to the head at the barracks - headquarters of the Royal Logistical Corps. An Army inquiry concluded she had committed suicide and Surrey Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the death but a coroner recorded an open verdict. |
September 2001 - Pte Geoff Gray, 17, from Hackney,
east London, was found with two gunshot wounds to his head while
on guard duty. Five shots had been fired and the other three bullets
have not been found. A coroner recorded an open verdict after hearing
from witnesses that during a search after the shots were fired a
figure was seen running away. |
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Pte James Collinson |
Daniel Farr |
Richard |
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23 March, 2002 - Pte James Collinson, 17, from Perth,
was found dead with a single gunshot wound while on guard duty at
the barracks. The Army said he killed himself, but his parents do
not accept this, insisting he had been happy. No inquest has been
held. |
Daniel joined the Prince of Wales Own on the 9 June
1996 and died on the 10 June 1997 exactly a year later. >From being
a young boy Dan-e had always wanted to join the army and worked
hard to enlist. Website: Daniel Farr |
We received a call from our son in the late
afternoon of the 21st September, he was in good spirits telling
us he was joining the rest of the platoon that evening on a night
shoot. I was surprised that he was included in the exercise as he
was on crutches, but he told us that there were another couple of
lads on crutches as well also taking part. In the same phone call
he also had a few word with his grandmother and he told her much
the same story. |
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Ian |
Aled Martin Jones |
Derek Mcgregor |
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Ian joined the R.E.M.E. in December 1982 when he was nineteen years old. He served in England, Cyprus, and in Germany, and he had tours of duty in Canada and in Belize where he died at the age of twenty eight. Ian was a married man with a five-year-old daughter and he had reached the rank of Corporal. He was shortly due to attempt his Artificer Selection and it was hoped he would succeed and realise his greatest ambition. The Army said he had died by his own hand. The Coroner's verdict was Accidental Death. |
Aled was aged 16 years and 9 months when he joined the Queen Dragoon
Guards. |
Lance Corpral Derek Mcgregor aged just 21yrs old was found hanging
in his room at cattrick barraks on July 7th 2003, The army said he commited suicide but his family will NOT accept this,Events leading up to his death do not add up,he was so proud to be in the army and had alot to live for,No inquest has been held! |
